The Junk Dealer Makes Good Money

[Episode 82] Conditions a Representative Must Have!

Gearco Lee Si-woo obtained a waste driver’s license.

All the board members were surprised when they said that they no longer had to spend money on borrowing licenses.

This is also because Siwoo Lee has been preparing for the exam without the knowledge of others.

I was surprised for a moment, but then Kang Pil-joong asked with a warm smile.

“When did you prepare for the exam?”

“Hmm, it’s been quite a while actually. It was prepared before the shredding plant was established.”

Siwoo Lee felt a sense of pride in his heart.

It was worthwhile to study in my spare time.

“Then it won’t cost you any more to borrow a license.”

“Yes. Now I can hang up my license. Whoops.”

I spent 3 million won a month just to borrow a license.

It was a very high cost compared to simply renting it, but there was nothing I could do about it because the one I regret was enjoying it.

“Oh, and the announcement of incentive payments, the employees seem to work harder.”

“That’s fortunate.”

Actually, there is no big reason to work.

To make money.

And the word “incentives” gave employees the motivation to work harder.

“Now, let’s go to the field.”

The executives who were put into the field every day today.

Si-woo Lee also turned on the engine and watched the staff take their seats.

* * *

I thought I could get rid of all the waste in two months.

In the end, however, the work was completed over three months.

After disposing of all the waste, Si-woo Lee had dinner with Park Soo-beom after a long time.

“Long time no see, Chairman.”

“This representative has no face. I didn’t expect such a large amount to be buried in the ground.”

“I thought there might be variables, too, but I never dreamed that it would be of this size. I expected it to be about 2,500 tons, no matter how much, but I don’t think it would be 4,000 tons… … .”

A huge amount of waste came out.

However, the waste was quickly removed without any complaints.

“I am just sorry. I thought it would take 6 months to clear the 2,000 tons. But it only took three months to clear the 4,000 tons, so this made me realize once again that Nuri is a very capable company.”

“Well, there was a lot of damage due to variables.”

I had no choice but to do so.

It was a place that not only provided waste, but also scrap metal.

Originally, they were people who should have finished their work within a month and a half, or two months at the most, and put them into other work.

But it took three and a half months, so of course there was no choice but to lose.

“We will pay all the cost of damage to him. Thank you very much.”

The amount of waste doubled, but Siwoo Lee did not follow.

It just focused on disposing of the silent waste.

“The cost of waste treatment alone is over 2 billion won. Even if you compensate for the damage here… Wouldn’t it be a burden no matter how much Boseong?”

“Haha, you don’t have to worry. To be honest, we made a lot of profit from the used materials that the CEO gave us. Usually, these stories are not told straight-forward, but considering the trust the CEO has shown, I can’t help but talk about it.”

“Thank you for a good look. It is not burdensome, so I will be grateful. The compensation will be received as much as the president gives.”

He said so, but Lee Si-woo looked forward to it.

How much will Boseong give in return for faithfulness?

“According to the will of the CEO, I will decide the amount of compensation. Oh, and I told Secretary Kang to raise the unit price of used materials, did you hear that?”

“Yes, I heard. Don’t raise it up to 700 won, but 600 won would be appropriate, so I delivered it to Director Kang.”

“Why don’t you try to reach an agreement with 700 won instead?”

Ishiu shook his head.

It would be nice to get it at 700 won, but it was too much.

I decided to be satisfied with the 600 won line in case such good intentions would become burdensome in the future.

“I think 600 won is reasonable.”

“If that is the will of CEO Lee, I will not be more stubborn.”

When Park Soo-beom saw Lee Si-woo rejecting his proposal, he realized once again that he was a formidable person.

‘Hey, I won’t accept excessive goodwill, is this?’

Park Soo-beom was also a merchant, so it was clear what Si-woo Lee was thinking when he rejected the offer.

“Probably next week, the reward will go to Nuri.”

Park Soo-beom made a decision on what type of reward to give.

I thought maybe this could be better than an ambiguous amount.

A machine that filters dirt and waste.

One of them decided to hand over to the city.

And it was a situation where I was contemplating the disposal of the one remaining unit.

“yes?”

“I want to offer a machine that filters dirt and waste as a reward. The disposal issue is complicated anyway, so I think it would be better to pass it on to Nuri as a reward.”

Upon hearing this, Siwoo opened his eyes wide.

I thought they would pay me around 300 million won in compensation, but I thought I would give them the machine.

It was a machine worth 1.5 billion won.

“Are you saying you’re giving it away for free?”

“Yes, sir.”

“… May I take it?”

“of course. To be honest, I think this has been resolved because I enjoy it. What other company would do such a neat and passionate job?”

Park Soo-bum was not worth it at all.

If the construction had been pushed back as it was, it was obvious that a much larger loss than 1.5 billion would have occurred.

In that sense, I could give Nuri a machine worth about 1.5 billion won.

“… thank you.”

Siwoo Lee also wanted to refuse this time, but he couldn’t.

A machine that filters dirt and waste was not something that money could buy.

Even Boseong heard that it was a hard-to-find machine.

Even considering the future, it is right to receive that machine.

“Haha, come to think of it, how are you preparing for the bid for the Pyeongtaek redevelopment project?”

“We are preparing step by step.”

“How much are you thinking about the bid price… … ?”

“Um, I want to say something like a chimney, but… Shouldn’t the bid price be kept secret? It’s only a few days away, so you’ll find out soon.”

Park Soo-beom was looking forward to it.

How much influence can it really have on the bidding system you enjoy?

‘If you put your mind to it properly in Nuri, the balance may be shattered.’

In the first place, there was a reason that the bidding price was formed to an unbelievable level.

It was a distribution issue.

There was not a single demolition company that sent scrap metal directly to the steelworks like Nouri did.

The demolition business and the junk dealer business were separate.

In addition, in the case of Nuri, it was a huge advantage to be able to dispose of the waste on its own.

“Haha, I was rude. Well, it’s something to check after the results are out.”

“It will probably be an unprecedented bid. These are the best words I can give the President.”

Even Boseong didn’t know if he should be nervous.

If Nuri properly tackles the demolition project, there is probably no company that can afford it.

‘Maybe we should go ahead with downsizing the demolition project… … .’

‘This bid will have a huge ripple effect in many ways. Because I plan to go to a level that no one else can match.’

The two looked at each other with a smile and muttered their thoughts to each other.

* * *

The waste work of Boseong Construction was successfully completed.

For three months, the interns picked out the dead waste.

Not one out of twenty interns survived this task.

Siwoo Lee paid incentives as promised.

Quite a few inters were moved by the fact that he was paying the price for his hard work for three months instead of one.

Also, the office relocation has been completed, and all accommodations have been completed.

Kim Jung-nan, who was sitting alone on the bed in the newly built dormitory, checked his cell phone.

― If you haven’t eaten dinner, come down to the office. I’ve been packing food.

It was a text message from Siwoo Lee who went out saying he had an appointment this evening.

Kim Jong-nan went down to the office in comfortable clothes.

She opened the door and entered the office, sniffing the fumes of food.

“Are you here early?”

“Have you not eaten dinner yet?”

“yes. Today, I was just trying to get a kick out of it.”

“Good for you. Would you like a drink or something?”

“Drinks?”

During these three months, Siwoo Lee did not drink a single sip.

Siwoo Lee took a bottle of soju and two cans of beer from the refrigerator.

Lee Si-woo, who put the paper cup down in front of Kim Jeong-nan, smiled.

“yes. I want to drink as much as I have endured. how about it? May I have a drink?”

“Yes, please!”

With both hands, she took the drink that Si-Woo Lee poured.

“I looked at my resume and it said that I was 28 years old.”

“yes. I didn’t go to college and started working right away. I think I worked as an irregular worker in Gangdong for 4 years.”

“Hmm, was there any other reason to do that? If it’s a rude question, you don’t have to answer it.”

“Oh, it’s okay. just… I’m in a hurry Since my parents were not there, it was difficult to get out of the orphanage and survive only with the subsidy. So I started working right away. Almost half of it was supported by evil and started without looking back.”

Kim Jong-nan did not tell anyone that he was an orphan.

Only people from the same orphanage know that.

It’s not something I really want to talk about, and I was afraid that such a fact would become a problem.

But I thought it would be okay to talk to this guy who we had dinner together and talked for a long time.

Even now, without any self-interest, he simply sympathized with the efforts and worries that she had been making.

“It must have been difficult.”

“Whoa, I ran here and there and ran so as not to be left behind, so it was quite fun. I tried field work, I tried accounting… What did the representative do? Here, before becoming the representative of Nuri?”

Kim Jung-nan looked back on the past years and fell into memories for a while, then asked what he had been curious about.

“Haha, okay? At that time, my job must have been middle school?”

“yes? So, have you been working as a junk yard since middle school?”

“yes. Following my father, I helped with the Nuri business.”

“Ah, so you know the field work very well. no wonder.”

“In the end, it’s all an experience.”

“Huhu, I also thought the CEO was a genius. How are you good at anything?”

“Hey, I’m only a little young, but I’m just an ordinary person. If I had been a genius, I wouldn’t have thought about it. Oh, I wish I was a genius too.”

Siwoo Lee laughed and joked and took a sip of his drink.

However, Kim Jong-nan did not take the laughter and joke lightly.

He must have worn out his worries enough to talk like that.

She knew it because she had experienced it.

Siwoo Lee continued the story with a shy look in his clear eyes, looking at him.

“Well, did you know that my father passed away and I inherited Nuri?”

Kim Jong-Nan nodded his head.

This is because she also saw the recent interview with Siwoo Lee.

“At the time I received Nuri, there were people who had problems.”

“Aren’t you a person named Jang Seong-woo?”

“… When did I ever talk to you?”

“I just mentioned it once as if Director Choi passed by. I don’t know exactly.”

Choi Moon-sik could not have told all about Jang Seong-woo.

There was a high probability that he just sneakily mentioned Jang Seong-woo because he needed someone to compare with.

Even then, I would have been fooled into saying that I made a mistake.

“I don’t have any more drinks to bring out to tell you all. Anyway, there were people who caused trouble here and there.”

Kim Jeong-nan felt a ray of coolness in the eyes of Lee Si-woo, who spoke softly.

“What the hell did you do to make the CEO look like this… He must have been punished.”

“… If not for the punishment, I would have paid the price for the sins I committed.”

Siwoo swept my face with one hand.

It was because I wondered if he was so drunk that he couldn’t control his expression.

It was only a few donations, but it was Siwoo Lee who convinced himself that it might be because the work had been so hard.

“Well, anyway, I was just saying that I was normal enough to worry about that.”

“Hmm, I see. If you say so, I will believe you.”

Respectful at work, comfortable in private.

Si-woo Lee was happy that the relationship with the employee he had hoped for had been created in a desirable way.

“Well, anyway, he’s gone, and I’m just thankful that there are so many wonderful people by my side.”

“Obviously, all of the directors are good people. I hope you will.”

“sure. It’s very reassuring.”

Siwoo Lee was saying that with clear eyes without even a slight shake.

Kim Jeong-nan, who was slightly jealous of that, asked with tears in his eyes.

“Me?”

“… yes?”

“I am working very hard… … .”

“Ah, ah ha… It’s reassuring.”

Suddenly, Si-woo Lee looked at the soju bottle next to him.

The bottle of soju, which was supposed to be rolled up and eaten with beer, suddenly became empty.

He hadn’t even had one drink yet.

“CEO, are you really reassuring me?”

At the sound of her hoarse voice, Siwoo Lee had an uneasy feeling that the night would be a little longer.